Cleaning up costs after Burnham-on-Sea carnival will be as high as £2,500.

The glittering procession will take to the streets of the resort on Monday starting from Love Lane through to Marine Drive.

Burnham carnival is the third event in a series of Somerset carnival processions.

The event is nicknamed the Magnificent Seven, as it includes Bridgwater, North Petherton, Burnham and Highbridge, Shepton Mallet, Wells and Glastonbury.

But each year after the processions, Sedgemoor District Council says it has to pay for a clean up.

In Burnham an overnight clean up of the town centre is planned.

A dedicated team of 20 staff will sweep and collect rubbish left by the thousands of spectators and the cost of their work is around £2,500.

Council spokesman Claire Faun said: "This covers staff time, vehicles, bags and the cost of disposing of all those glasses, cans and food wrappers.

"It usually takes about five hours in Burnham and a little longer if it is very windy as the rubbish blows about."

The council will also be responsible for seeking closure of the streets for the event and ensure Environmental Health officers inspect the mobile caterers.

This includes all street burger vans and coffee stalls to make sure the food and drink on sale meets good hygiene standards.

The carnivals in Somerset date back 400 years and are one of the most spectacular events in the county.

In some of the bigger locations such as Bridgwater, crowds of more than 120,000 line the streets to watch the procession.

The carnival will reach its glittering climax with the last in the "Magnificent Seven" event coming to Weston on November 17.

Unlike in Burnham, the Weston carnival won't cost extra for the clean up. Nick Yates, a North Somerset Council spokesman said: "There is no cost, what we do is bring our street cleaning resources (vehicles and people) in to the town at 6am the following morning and they have a concentrated clean of the area."